Sky Plus ..recording Watch channel

[waiglet1]

Any bright sparks any idea why my Sky Plus won't record Watch or Watch +1 channel? I can see them they just won't record. Not at all..even when not on timer. I can't miss Masterchef Australia

[Buenchico]

Your Sky+ box is really two completely separate devices. One half has a tuner which sends a signal to your TV set. The other half has another tuner, which sends the signal to the recording device.

Both tuners need separate feeds from your dish's (dual/quad) LNB. It seems that one of them (which feeds a signal to your TV) has a proper connection from the LNB,while the other (which feeds a signal to the recorder) isn't recognising that it has a proper input signal.

You should have TWO cables feeding into your Sky+ box. Check that they're BOTH plugged in properly. If they are, report your problem to Sky.

Chris

[Haggis]

My Sky+ would not record recently and I noticed that the signal bars were low in the Settings section. I had to go out and move my dish a little until the signal improved and all worked fine after that.

[BAKERS DOZEN]

This happened to me the other day and I just switched it all off for a couple of minutes and it was OK when I switched it back on. Worth a try.

[waiglet1]

Thanks everyone. I will investigate and report back. Tried the switching on and off (that was my first thought) but didn't work.

[AlBags]

Swap the two incoming RF (sat) cables over and try skipping through all channels .. Is picture/sound ok?
Go into menu setup and check signal strength (BEFORE and AFTER you try swapping cables around) and quality and report back.

[waiglet1]

Not brilliantly techically minded but fiddled around with the cables on the back and checked the settings and voila..it worked!!! Thanks for all your help folks.

[AlBags]

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